Lippincott's Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans

Lippincott's Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
ISBN-10
0397554176
ISBN-13
9780397554171
Category
Medical / Nursing / Psychiatric & Mental Health
Pages
435
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Lippincott
Authors
Judith M. Schultz, Sheila L. Videbeck, Sheila Dark Videbeck

Description

With this classic text, you'll discover the essential care plan models you need to enhance the consistency and effectiveness of your nursing care and to improve communication among the health care team. Complete coverage addresses the basic concepts, issues, and interventions that provide the foundation for psychiatric nursing practice; more than 50 psychiatric nursing care plans apply theory to real-world practice; behavioral approach addresses commonly encountered challenges and makes the text equally useful inside and outside the clinical setting; nursing process focus includes the latest NANDA diagnostic criteria; therapeutic goals link assessment data to expected outcomes; assessment parameters sharpen essential diagnostic skills; rationale for interventions provides the how and why for specific actions. New sections address guidelines for delivering culturally competent care and health promotion and early interventions for care-givers; outcomes-focused care sets specific goals for nursing interventions; multiplicity of care settings, including home care and partial hospitalization discuss the growing trend away from full-time hospital care; transitions into the community reflect today's changing health care environment; psychopharmacology content is fully updated to include the latest therapeutic agents and data.

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